Improvement in trace-carriers



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES THORNTON, OF WELLSVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONEFOURTH HIS RIGHT TO PRATT 86 LETOHWORTH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

I- IMPROVEMENT IN TRACE-CARRIERS.

Speeilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,930, dated July 14, 1874; application filed March 21, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES THORNTON, of Wellsville, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented' certain Improvements in Trace-Carriers, of which the following is a specication My improvement relates more especially to that class of attachments which form a means for securing the crupper, hip, and back straps together at their point of intersection, and also serve to hold the `tugs clear from the ground when they are detached from the whiietree. v

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan of my attachment. Fig. 2 is a section in line w Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective y1ew.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in each of the gures.

A represents my attachment, consisting of `a frame of square form, preferably, each side of which forms a bar or loop, a, to which the ends of the different intersecting-straps can be secured in the usual manner. From the two front corners of the attachment, as it is arranged on the harness, converging arms a1 al extend upward and backward, so as to unite at a point nearly over the center of the attachment. a2 a2 are similar converging arms or hooks extending upward from the rear corners, but not united at the ends, a sufficient space being left between their ends, ,and the end of the united arms al al, to permit the passage of the smaller portion ofthe cockeye B, as it is engaged with either of the hooks a2. Fig. 3 represent the position of the cockeye of the tug in the proper position for engaging it with the hooks, While Fig. l represents the cockeye in the position it is when the tug'is supported by the carrier. C is the turnstile pivoted to the end of the united arms a al, Which, while it in nowise interferes with the proper engagment and disengagment of the coclreye forms an absolute protection against the accidental disengagment ot' the tug, the end of which has to be inverted, as shown in Fig. 3, in order to be released.. d is the pivot by which thev turnstile C is secured in place. The turnstile while it renders the attachment more perfect, also imparts to it a more finished and ornamental appearance.

That I claim as my invention is- The combination, with the trace-carrier A, of turnstile C, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

JAMES THORNTON.

Witnesses J. J. BONNER, E. HODDICK. 

